2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 Complaints

THE SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING ON A HIGHWAY TRIP. IT JUST GRADUALLY GOES TO 0 MPH. AFTER RESTARTING IT WORKS FOR A WHILE THAN FAILS AGAIN. *TR

2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO SPEEDOMETER STOPS WORKING AND/OR STICKS BETWEEN 40 AND 60MPH AT REST. THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON GM TRUCK ISSUE AND IT'S A COMMON TOPIC ON THE GM MESSAGE BOARDS AS WELL. GM APPARENTLY KNOWS OF THE PROBLEM BUT NO RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AS IT IS A VERY COMMON DEFECT. YOUR IMMEDIATE HELP IS REQUESTED. BECAUSE WE ARE UNABLE TO GAUGE SPEED ACCURATELY THIS HAS CREATED A DANGEROUS SAFETY CONCERN THAT COULD PLACE OTHERS (THE PUBLIC) AT RISK. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500. WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED IN COLD TEMPERATURES, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT WARM UP. THE ANTIFREEZE WAS LOW AND REFILLED BY THE CONTACT, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE ANTIFREEZE WAS LEAKING DUE TO A CRACKED HEAD GASKET. THE REPAIR COST WAS ESTIMATED AT $4,200. THE MANUFACTURER COULD NOT ASSIST WITH REPAIRS. ALTHOUGH THERE WAS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THE VEHICLE, SHE WAS UNABLE TO HAVE REPAIRS PERFORMED UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE THE COMPANY WAS UNDER LIQUIDATION. THE WARRANTY COMPANY ALSO STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT COVER THE REPAIRS SINCE THE FAILURES WERE RECURRING ISSUES. NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN PERFORMED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE LESS THAN 90,000. UPDATED 5/7/09 *CN UPDATED 05/12/09.*JB

ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SENSOR ALLOWS SALTY WATER TO ENTER, ABS ACTIVATES AT LOW SPEEDS EVERY STOP EVERY DAY. *TR

ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND FLASHED WHILE DRIVING. IT WENT OFF WHEN VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND SAT FOR SEVERAL HOURS. TWO DAYS LATER, WAS DRIVING AND HEARD A NOISE FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT WHEEL. TOOK VEHICLE INTO A MECHANIC AND DISCOVERED WHEEL BEARING WAS BAD AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE MECHANIC ADVISED ME TO KEEP THE PART DUE TO THE FACT OF THE NUMBER OF CHEVROLETS HE HAS SEEN WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM. MY VEHICLE HAS APPROX. 44,000 MILES. *TR

SPEEDOMETER NO LONGER WORKS. BEGAN TO FAIL JUST AFTER IT REACHED 70,000 MILES AND GM WILL NOT FIX IT. *TR

JUST BOUGHT MY 2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO 24 HRS AGO. SPEEDOMETER WENT OUT. READS 120 AT ALL TIMES. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS , ALSO ILLEGAL. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. GM SHOULD HAVE QUALITY PRODUCT ! *TR

ON A 2005 TRUCK WITH 20,000 MILES ON AND IT'S A BABIED TRUCK THE BRAKE ROTORS APPEAR WARPED AS IT HAS A WAVE LIKE BRAKING. EVEN WORSE WHEN BRAKING ON A SURFACE WITH POOR CONTACT, SANDY, SAND ON CONCRETE OR BLACKOP, WET CEMENT THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES COMPLETELY RELEASE AND THE TRUCK JUMPS FORWARD LIKE NO BRAKES ARE APPLIED 15 FT. OR SO. I'D MUCH RATHER HAVE NO ANTI-LOCKS BECAUSE AT LEAST I CAN USE A STABBING MOTION IF NEEDED. THESE BRAKES DON'T WORK LIKE NORMAL ANTI-LOCKS. IT FULLY RELEASES AND THERE'S TOO MUCH LAG TIME BEFORE THEY RESUME BRAKING. I CAN LIVE WITH THE SPEEDOMETER READING WRONG AT TIMES, THE KNOCK IN THE STEERING COLUMN WAS REPAIRED, EVEN THE WARPED ROTORS THAT STARTED AT 12,000 MILES BUT THESE ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ARE A SAFETY HAZARD. PLEASE LOOK INTO THESE BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY HURT. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES SPANNING SEVERAL YEARS. *TR

MY 2005 CHEVROLET SILVERADO HAS A DEFECTIVE SPEEDOMETER. IT STARTED AROUND 45,000 MILES AND ONLY HAPPENED A FEW TIMES. NOW IT HAPPENS ABOUT EVERY OTHER DAY AND THE ONLY WAY TO RESET IT IS TO STOP THE VEHICLE AND TURN IT OFF AND START IT BACK UP. THIS ONLY RESETS IT ABOUT 5MPH EACH TIME I RESTART THE VEHICLE SO I WILL HAVE TO DO IT AS MANY AS 10 TO 15 TIMES TO GET IT BACK TO ZERO. *TR

NARROWLY AVOIDED 2 LOW SPEED REAR END COLLISIONS WHEN ABS ACTIVATED AT LOW SPEED (LESS THAN 10 MPH) WHEN APPROACHING OTHER STOPPED VEHICLES AT INTERSECTIONS. THE ABS HAS ACTIVATED 6 TIMES, INTERMITTENTLY FOR THE PAST 3 MONTHS. LUCKILY, THERE WERE NO OTHER CARS PRESENT ON THE OTHER 4 OCCASIONS. WEATHER/ROAD CONDITIONS WERE ALWAYS GOOD WITH DRY ROADS. TEMPS. VARIED FROM COLD, <32 DEG. F TO SEASONAL 40-60 DEG. F I HAVE RESEARCHED THE TSB ON THIS ITEM AND IT IS CONSISTENT WITH RECALLS ON EARLIER CHEVROLET MODELS, YET, GM REFUSES TO ISSUE A RECALL ON THIS SAFETY CRITICAL ITEM. DEALER REFUSED TO PAY FOR REPAIRS AS I AM PAST THE WARRANTY PERIOD FOR THIS VEHICLE (41,000+ MILES, MODEL YEAR 2005). PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED YET. *TR